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Federal Judges
Apr. 16, 2018
Why Conservatives Care More About Keeping the Senate Than the House
The power to confirm federal judges is the GOP’s most valuable resource.
By
Ed Kilgore
Dec. 13, 2017
White House Withdraws Ghost-Hunting Lawyer’s Nomination to Federal Judgeship
Brett Talley faced criticism over his lack of experience and his failure to disclose that his wife works in the White House.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Nov. 10, 2017
Senate Panel Votes to Make Blogger With No Trial Experience a Federal Judge
Brett Talley is 36 and has never tried a case. But he has written hot takes about “Hillary Rotten Clinton.”
By
Eric Levitz
June 7, 2017
Comey Statement Shows President Doesn’t Know or Care About Limits to His Power
Regardless of what the president said to the FBI director, his insistence on inappropriate direct meetings amplifies his lack of respect for the law.
By
Ed Kilgore
May 8, 2017
Trump Is Going to Lose It When He Finds Out About This Obscure Senate Rule
He has just nominated ten federal judges. Democratic senators can use the arcane “blue slip” practice to block three.
By
Ed Kilgore